# Horizontally scaling the Rails backend of Shop app with Vitess

DevFeed: [Horizontally scaling the Rails backend of Shop app with Vitess](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/horizontally-scaling-the-rails-backend-of-shop-app-with-vitess-1410.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/horizontally-scaling-the-rails-backend-of-shop-app-with-vitess>)

Author: Hammad Khalid

Published: 2024-01-17T20:34:53Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [vitess](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vitess.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [mysql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mysql.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [vitess](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vitess.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes scaling the Shop app's Ruby on Rails backend as growth pushed its MySQL datastore toward its limits, culminating in an approach centered on Vitess.

## Source excerpt

Shop app horizontally scaled a Ruby on Rails app with Vitess. This blog describes Vitess and our detailed approach for introducing Vitess to a Rails app.